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 Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject: SiS LAN driver |
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Hey, i was getting problems when installing linux... The problem was as follows: when i tried to connect when i was in LiveCD via my usb port, my Motorola SB4200 modem worked. when i tried with RJ-45, it didnt. when i tried booting withought the LiveCD, my USB AND RJ-45 did not work, and i was left internetless 
I have found drivers for SiS lan, wich is the make of my board, and i was wondering if i should install it, and if so, how?? ... what are the commands??
This is the link to the driver :
http://driver2.sis.com/linux/lan/sis190191_linux.tar.gz
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hellp plz 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:19 am Post subject: |
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The driver you need may already be part of the kernel, and loading the apropriate module may get your internet connection working.
Try
or
and then check what network interfaces you have (disregard lo - the local loopback)
EDIT : I am guessing from the filename of the driver you want to use, that you have an SiS190 Gigabit NIC. I don't see this in the regular kernel sources, so you will probably need to use the external driver from SiS.
Once you download and unpack the driver, there should be a README file that tells you how to install it. The instructions should look something like this.
| Code: | # tar -xvzf sis190191_linux.tar.gz
# cd sis190191_linux
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# modprobe <whatever the module is called> |
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SaintMinion
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the help, but ive just realised that that wasnt my SiS driver that i needed! 
Im going to need a SiS 963 intergrated 10/100 mbps driver, but i cant seem to find any for linux
anyone ever find one??!
i really dont want to have to swich ISP's just because of the modem
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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If your NIC is a 10/100 model, try the sis900 module that I mentioned the first time.
If it is the correct driver, the kernel should mention something about it in dmesg after you load the module using modprobe.
| Code: | # modprobe sis900
# dmesg | less |
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SaintMinion
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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modprobe SiS900 does nothing
It says it cant load the module...
but it also shows a kernel name that isnt mine...
its looking in the 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 directory when i thought i had installed 2.6.12-gentoo-r6... ?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| SaintMinion wrote: | but it also shows a kernel name that isnt mine...
its looking in the 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 directory when i thought i had installed 2.6.12-gentoo-r6... ? |
Which kernel are you really running (check with "uname -a) ? If it is 2.6.12-gentoo-r6, then you probably forgot to run "make modules_install" when you installed it, and you have modules from an old kernel. If it's the case, then do that:
| Code: | cd /usr/src/linux
make modules_install
modules-update |
And then retry. |
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SaintMinion
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Same error, keeps refering me to another gentoo version
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| SaintMinion wrote: | modprobe SiS900 does nothing
It says it cant load the module... |
To see a list of what modules are available.
| SaintMinion wrote: | but it also shows a kernel name that isnt mine...
its looking in the 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 directory when i thought i had installed 2.6.12-gentoo-r6... ? |
You can only load modules for the kernel that you are currently booted from. You can see what kernel that is with the uname command, like widan mentioned.
EDIT : I was just browsing through the source code for the driver you linked to in the first post, and the driver supports both a 10/100 model (SiS190) and a gigabit model (SiS191). This is probably the correct driver for your hardware.
Can you boot with the LiveCD, and use this command to see the exact model name/number of your NIC ?
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lspci command not found
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| SaintMinion wrote: | | lspci command not found |
The lspci command is part of the sys-apps/pciutils package. You might not have this installed on your machine yet, but I am sure the LiveCD has this command available. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:39 am Post subject: |
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i am on the LiveCD, and im also chrooted...
shouldnt this work?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Exit the chroot.
... or, if you are able to "emerge pciutils", that would work too. |
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